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Ketchikan Creek (alternate, "Fish Creek"; Tlingit, "Kitschkhin") is a salmon spawning stream [1] on Revillagigedo Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads in a lake and travels through downtown Ketchikan [2] 6 miles (9.7 km) to Tongass Narrows. [3] The historic Creek Street in Ketchikan runs along the creek banks as a piling-perched ...
Creek Street is infamous as being Ketchikan's red light district, roughly between 1903 and 1954, and some of its attractions are commemorations of this past.Its origins lie in a 1903 city ordinance banishing brothels from the city center to the "Indian Town" area on the east side of the creek, and it operated until the brothels were outlawed and shut down in 1954.
Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo Island, so named in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver. Ketchikan is named after Ketchikan Creek, which flows through the town, emptying into the Tongass Narrows a short distance southeast of its downtown. "Ketchikan" comes from the Tlingit name for the creek, Kitschk-hin, the meaning
The Star is a historic commercial building at 5 Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States.It is the only one of a once-numerous collection of brothels that famously lined Creek Street to retain its historical integrity, [clarification needed] and was one of the largest in the city.
Location of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States.
It extends along Stedman and Thomas Streets, from Ketchikan Creek in the north to East Street in the south, and includes a few properties on adjacent spur side streets. In the early days of the city, the area was a seasonal Native fishing camp just south of the creek, but the Alaskan gold rushes around the turn of the 20th century brought an ...
Performed in Ketchikan, Alaska, the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show is located close to the mouth of Ketchikan Creek, near the city's waterfront. [1] [2] [3] The show's venue is one block away from where cruise ships anchor. [4] [5] It is next to the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center.
Aleut Creek Dam Dam: 1417269 0 feet (0 m) Aleutians West: Alitak Cannery Dam Number 1 ... Ketchikan Gateway: Cascade Creek Dam Dam: 1417351 1,768 feet (539 m) Sitka ...